DESIGN MANUAL FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES

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PART 5
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PLANNING AND POLICY FEATURES
SUMMARY
This Advice Note describes the planning and policy
features that are the statutory, local and other land use
designations that influence design and management.
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DESIGN MANUAL FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES

HA 90/01

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY

THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES
CYNULLIAD CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
THE DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT*

Planning and Policy Features

* A Government Department in Northern Ireland

Summary:

This Advice Note describes the planning and policy features that are the
statutory, local and other land use designations that influence design and
management.

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PART 5
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PLANNING AND POLICY FEATURES
Contents
Chapter
Introduction

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1.

Nature Conservation Designations (P1)

2.

Landscape Designations (P2)

3.

Cultural Heritage (P3)

4.

Land Use (P4)

5.

Third Party (P5)

6.

Water Quality (P6)

7.

Enquiries

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INTRODUCTION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
! These Planning and Policy Features are grouped together as a collection of data on statutory, local

P5.1

and land use designations that may influence the highway designer, manager or operator.

Sensitive Location/Complaint/Third
Party Claims

! Users of this Advice Note shall consult with the overseeing organisation on current planning and
other policy features, procedures and guidance.

! They are most commonly off-site features, but not always. Statutory designations require prior
consultation with the appropriate body before undertaking works adjacent, and so are core
elements. Other codes are for the inclusion of data as-and-when it is required for improvements,
design and management.

! The codes may be further sub-divided for site-specific purposes.

Ref

Dataset

Core Data

As-and-When

P1.1

Statutory Nature Conservation

Designation

P1.2

Local Nature Conservation

Designation

P2.1

Statutory Landscape Designation

P2.2

Local Landscape Designation

P3.1

Cultural Heritage Feature

P3.2

Conservation Area

P4.1

Agricultural Land

P4.2

Land Management

P4.3

Public Open Spaces

P4.4

Public Rights of Way

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P6.1
P6.2

Watercourse Quality
Areas of Groundwater Sensitivity

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CHAPTER 1 NATURE CONSERVATION DESIGNATIONS (P1)

1.1 STATUTORY NATURE CONSERVATION DESIGNATION (P1.1)
! Includes Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Special Areas of
Conservation (SAC), National Parks, Ramsar Sites etc.

! Information available from English Nature/CCW/ Scottish Natural Heritage/ Environment and

1.2 LOCAL NATURE CONSERVATION DESIGNATIONS (P1.2)

! Includes Local Nature Reserves and other sites of local nature conservation interest designated by
the Local Authorities.

! Information available from Local Planning Authorities and/or Wildlife Trusts.

Heritage Service, as well as Local Authorities.

M62 South Pennines SPA The South Pennines Special Protection Area includes the
highway land of the M62 Motorway

Wildlife corridor
Wildlife Corridors and other local conservation designations may be
described in the Local Development Plan

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CHAPTER 2 LANDSCAPE DESIGNATIONS (P2)

2.1 STATUTORY LANDSCAPE DESIGNATIONS (P2.1)
! Includes, for example, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Special Landscape Areas
(SLA), National Scenic Areas, Natural Heritage Zones, National Parks (see DMRB Volume 11
Section 3 Part 5 for full list).

! Information available from the Countryside Agency, National Parks, Scottish Natural Heritage, CCW.

2.2 LOCAL LANDSCAPE DESIGNATIONS (P2.2)

! Includes, for example, Great Landscape Value (AGLV), Landscape Zones, Riverside Protection
Areas, Structural Tree Belts, Tree Preservation. Orders and Green Belts.

! Information available from Local Planning Authorities.

National Parks
Local Landscape Designation In order to protect the rural nature of the surrounding
landscape, the Local Planning Authority has proposed that the designated industrial area be
surrounded by a structural tree belt

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CHAPTER 3 CULTURAL HERITAGE (P3)

3.1 CULTURAL HERITAGE FEATURE (P3.1)
! Includes World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Monument, Listed Buildings Grade I or II and Areas of
Archaeological Importance (see DMRB Volume 11 Section 3 Part 2 Chapter 4). Other designations
will be considered of regional or local significance.

! The criteria for assessing importance of a historic features are set out in Annex 4 of PPG16
(England) and in the National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning Advice Note 42 (Scotland).
It should be noted that different examples of the same sort of site or monument may have different
levels of significance depending upon their local and regional context. An assessment of these
aspects will usually be required to establish the degree of importance of many historic features.

! Information can be obtained from County Sites and Monuments Records, English Heritages
Scheduled Monuments lists, Listed Buildings catalogues, registers of Historic Parks and Gardens
and Historic Battlefields (England), CADW (Wales), Historic Scotland, the Environment and Heritage
Service, National Monuments Records for Scotland, the Royal Commission on Ancient and
Historical Monuments and the Inventory of Gardens and Designated Landscapes (Scotland).

SMR

National Monument

Listed Buildings
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3.2 CONSERVATION AREA (P3.2)

! Includes parks and gardens of special historical interest or areas of architectural significance.
! Information available from Local Planning Authorities, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens
of Special Interest.

Conservation Area

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CHAPTER 4 LAND USE (P4)

4.1 AGRICULTURAL LAND (P4.1)
! Government policy seeks to protect the best and most versatile agricultural land (Grades 1, 2 and
3A) from development. It may therefore be relevant to gather such data when assessing options for
improvements regarding land take.

! It may also be relevant to record areas of derelict or contaminated land where remediation may be
required.

! Sustainable agricultural land management practices are encouraged through various designations
and initiatives such as, Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs), Nitrate Sensitive Areas (NSAs),
Habitat Scheme Water Fringe Areas, the Tir Gofal scheme and the Country Stewardship Scheme.

! These initiatives may provide, through liaison, opportunities for collaborative management of
highway land adjacent to such areas.

! Information at broad-scale is available from MAFF (England) and the maps of agricultural land
capability prepared by Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) England. Updated surveys
may be required in specific locations.

ALC Extract

4.2 LAND MANAGEMENT (P4.2)

! Information available from MAFF, the Countryside Agency, FRCA, ADAS (England), the National
Assembly for Wales, Agriculture Department and the Rural Affairs Department, Scottish Executive.

Extract from MAFFs Agricultural Land Classification maps (1:50 000)

Tintwistle Moor The A628 proposed improvement traverses land within the North Peak
Environmentally Sensitive Area where farmers are encouraged through agent-aid to revert to
traditional husbandry. This may influence the mitigation and accommodation works

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CHAPTER 4 LAND USE (P4)

4.3 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE (P4.3)

4.4 PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY (P4.4)

! May include public parks, playing fields, public gardens, village greens, Metropolitan Open Land.

! May include footpaths, cycleways, bridleways etc.

! Information may be obtained from Local Planning Authorities.

! Information available from local highway authorities and Ordnance Survey maps and offices.
! Core data when there is an interface with the highway boundary.

Open Space

Public Rights of Way

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CHAPTER 5 THIRD PARTY (P5)

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5.1 SENSITIVE LOCATION/COMPLAINT/THIRD PARTY CLAIM (P5.1)

! This element code, which may be sub-divided by the user, is included to enable the overseeing
organisation to keep records/plans of areas of public sensitivity or claims relating to noise,
subsidence etc which may be utilised in the future.

Horse Chestnuts In certain locations, trees may result in regular complaints (whether valid
or not) relating to safety, shading, leaf nuisance, and subsidence. Previous records of
inspections and incidents are invaluable

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CHAPTER 6 WATER QUALITY (P6)

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6.1 WATERCOURSE QUALITY (P6.1)

! All watercourses should be recorded where they interface with, or could be affected by, scheme
proposals or existing highway maintenance.

! Watercourse quality should be recorded by its River Ecosystem (RE) classification where this is
available. If not, the General Quality Assessment (GQA) grade should be given. Data sets should
identify which classification is used.

! Watercourses supporting salmonid fisheries downstream and within the area of influence of scheme
proposals or existing roads should be noted.

! Information on watercourse quality and fisheries can be obtained from the Regulatory Authorities for
water.

! Water course quality is recorded by a River Classification Scheme in Scotland.

River Severn

6.2 AREAS OF GROUNDWATER SENSITIVITY (P6.2)

! Groundwater resources must be protected from pollution from highway run-off. These resources
should therefore be noted.

! Information regarding groundwater resources can be obtained from the appropriate Regulatory
Authority for water.

! Appropriate Classification and Source Protection Zones to be shown on plans, and/or included in a
subdivision eg P6.21.
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Chapter 7
Enquiries

7. ENQUIRIES
All technical enquiries or comments on this Advice Note should be sent in writing as appropriate to:

Divisional Director
The Highways Agency
St Christopher House
Southwark Street
London SE1 0TE

M A GARNHAM
Divisional Director

Chief Road Engineer

The Scottish Executive Development Department
National Roads Directorate
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ

J HOWISON
Chief Road Engineer

Chief Highway Engineer

The National Assembly for Wales
Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru
Crown Buildings
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NQ

J R REES
Chief Highway Engineer

Assistant Director of Engineering

Department for Regional Development
Roads Service
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 8GB

D OHAGAN
Assistant Director of Engineering

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